Kindergarten 2

The State Swim Kindergarten program provides a fun environment to teach children aged 2.5 years to 4 years deep water safety skills. The swimming classes provide toddlers with the skills to become strong, safe and confident swimmers in the water in a comfortable and encouraging environment. If your child is younger than 2.5 years, be sure to have a look at our Waterbabies program.

We have two levels in our program; Kindergarten 1 and Kindergarten 2. As a skilled based program, swimmers will complete both levels. Merit awards and certificates are presented on the completion of skills, and once skills are achieved, swimmers will progress to the next class.

In Kindergarten 2 swimmers will continue to learn our specially-developed under-arm stroke that they’ve learnt in Kindergarten 1, which prepares them for the full Freestyle stroke they’ll learn in the 400 Gold program. These lessons focus on swimmers having their face in the water more frequently, beginning to swim greater distances without floats and developing water safety skills to increase the chance of survival in the unlikely case of an accident.

• Push off the wall and swim 2m to the instructor without floats
• Swim 10m without floats
• Jumping into the water, kicking to the surface and returning to the side of the pool

Following swimmers turning 4 years old they will graduate to the Glides class, the first class of our 400 Gold program. If your child has received all of their Kindergarten 2 Merits they will be fast-tracked to Torpedoes, the second class of the eight-stage 400 Gold program.

• Child classes (a caregiver is not required to accompany your swimmer in the pool)
• Recommended age is 2.5 years to 4 years
• If your swimmer is four years or older, explore our Learn to Swim – 400 Gold Program.